Calendar

First Semester, 2009-10

August 1
Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2009-10. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

August 17
Paryushana major observance--Jain

August 21
Ramadan begins at sunset (through Eid al Fitr 9/19)--Islam. Residences open for all first-year and new transfer students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--lunch.

August 22
Residences open for all upperclass students at 8 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.

August 23
Ganesh Chaturthi--Hindu

August 24
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

August 31
Last day to drop and/or add a course

September 1
Opening Convocation

September 7
Labor Day. No classes.

September 8
Last day to register for credit/no credit option

September 18
Rosh Hashanah (major observance: sunset 9/18-sunset 9/19)--Jewish

September 19
Eid al Fitr (sunset 9/19-sunset 9/10)--Islam

September 22
Autumn Solstice--Earth-based

September 27
Yom Kippur (sunset 9/27-sunset 9/28)--Jewish

September 29
Navaratri begins--Hindu

October 2-3
Homecoming

October 12-13
Fall break

October 14
Deadline for general deposit refund for students not returning for second semester, 2009-10

October 17
Diwali--Hindu, Jain, Pan, Indian

October 26
Academic advising and pre-registration for second semester, 2009-10 (through Nov. 3)

October 30
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"

November 2
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji--Sikh

November 9
Online registration for second semester, 2009-10 (through Nov. 19)

November 12
Birth of Baha’u’llah—Baha’i

November 14
Family Day

November 25
Thanksgiving vacation begins. No classes. Residences close at 10 a.m. Last contract meal--breakfast.

November 26
Thanksgiving--Interfaith

November 29
Residences open at noon. First contract meal--dinner.

November 30
Classes resume at 8 a.m.

December 4
Last day of classes. Final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return second semester, 2009-10. Remainder of general deposit forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

December 5-6
Reading day

December 7-10
Final examinations

December 11
Final examinations. Residences close at 7 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner.

Second Semester, 2009-10

January 17
Residences open at noon for all students--no contract meals.

January 18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes. Orientation and registration for entering first-year and new transfer students. First contract meal--dinner.

January 19
First day of classes. Final enrollment for all students.

January 26
Last day to drop and add a course

January 29
Last day to remove incomplete grade from first semester, 2009-10.

February 2
Last day to register for credit/no credit option.

February 14
Chinese New Year

February 15
Nirvana Day--Buddhist

February 17
Ash Wednesday--Christian

March 5
Mid-semester. Spring vacation begins at 5 p.m. Last contract meal--dinner. Residences close at 7 p.m.

March 14
Residences open at 10 a.m. First contract meal--dinner.

March 15
Classes resume at 8 a.m.

March 20
Spring Solstice--Earth-based

March 21
Naw Ruz--Baha`i

March 22-30
Academic advising and pre-registration for first semester, 2010-11

March 27
Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W"

March 29
Mahavira Jayanti—Jain

March 29
Passover (major observance: sunset 3/29-sunset 3/31)

April 2
Good Friday--Christian. Classes end at noon.

April 4
Easter--Christian

April 5-15
Online registration for first semester, 2010-11

April 10-11
Yom HaSho’ah (sunset 4/10-sunset 4/11) —Jewish

April 14
Baisakhi—Sikh

April 22
Honors Convocation. Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium.

April 29
Last day of classes

April 30
Reading day

May 1-4
Final examinations

May 5
Final examinations. Residences close for all underclass students at 9 p.m. Last contract meal for underclass students--dinner.

May 8
Commencement. Residences close to all students at 6 p.m.

Summer College, 2010

May 15
Residences open for summer college residents at noon.

May 17-July 2
Summer College

August 1, 2010 is the final deadline for registered students to notify College of intention not to return for first semester, 2010-11. The remainder of the general deposit is forfeited for withdrawals after this date.

Dates in bold are religious holidays that may be cause for students to request an excused absence from class or other academic requirement. Dates in italics are during a weekend or break. They are important to note for purposes of scheduling class trips and extracurricular activities, as well as honoring campus diversity.